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Originally Posted by Evan Smith
Bruce, personally, I hated the injected classes and so did many other racers. During those years my car was no faster than a good-running carbureted 305 Camaro, or a 360 or 283, but I got to race myself for five years. BORING! While the LT1 cars were very fast, there were many EFI racers with cars that were not killers and they blended nicely in the regular classes.
It was much more fun racing you, Henry, Stevie and Bobby F. and the rest of the Jr. Stockers.
I understand your point about underrated cars, but segregation is not the answer.
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Evan,
Segregation sounds punitive. Separated classes is what we are after. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the injected classses. We were very evenly matched in those days and we did have some fun. But this is a different deal. Some folks are saying, well this is just like the GM deal. It's not. And some people would like us to believe the bogus crate motor Horsepower factors are pay back for not standing up to the bully the last time around.
This latest headache from nhra cuts across 20 different classes in Stock alone. The GM deal was a minor infringement to the membership compared to this one. So what is so bad about putting these crate motor cars in their own classes? It's important to remember that we have been debating this issue for more than a year and the intensity has grown rather than diminished. We will be kicking this thing around this time next year if the racers don't come to some reasonable compromise. I spoke to several racers who were racing at Las Vegas this weekend and they told me that the crate motor cars are causing a lot of negative buz for nhra.
So, I ask one more time. Who is hurt by nhra placing the new crate motor cars in injected classes within the Stock category? IHRA has shown real leadership by placing the new cars in injected classes. Why not nhra?